Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.177

c9.177

He is to establish new pasture grounds in waterless tracts by endowing these ‘with wells, tanks, embankments for storing water (*setu-bandha*) as well as small sources of water (*utsa*) which will also grow gardens of flowers and orchards.’ The Superintendent is to employ a body of hunters (*Lubdhaka*) who, with their hunting hounds (*Śvagaṇa*), will be moving through the forests to guard them. They are also mentioned as entrapping tigers with their hounds. [IV. 3].